Ronald Reagan Testimony Part 2: Iran-Contra Affair / Poindexter Trial (1990)

[1984History]

he commit no treason

[notredamehesamighty]

How on earth do we keep electing these idiotic conservatives? We're still paying the price for Reagan's "voodo economics". We keep hammering away at labor unions and things get worse, we keep cutting taxes for the wealthy and things get worse, we keep spending on a bloated military and things get worse. When will we learn?

[NDXUFan]

Lies? "I did not have sex with that woman. I did not tell anyone to lie, not one time. These charges are false." -William Jefferson.

Former Democratic Prosecuting Attorney David Schippers-Voted for Clinton twice and his son in law is the Chairman of the Cook County(Chicago) Democratic Party: "Yes, Nixon was bad, but, Bill Clinton was so much worse."

[NDXUFan]

I guess Rich Teddy with a silver spoon in his mouth did not want to pay his fair share. In addition, the Kennedy's convinced many poor farmers to sell away the rights to oil on their land, for pennies on the dollar. I know, my Dad worked for John Kennedy. Bill Clinton had stocks in power plants, while lecturing us about the evil of power plants. Double standards, anyone?????

[NDXUFan]

Bill Clinton made the same speech about WMD's as did George W. Bush. So, Bill told the truth and Bush lied??? Republicans are hypocrites??? Your friend, Teddy Kennedy started the movement to HMO's. Yet, when it came to his health care, Teddy Boy was at the head of the line. Did Teddy wait in line as he expected everyone else to do??? No! In addition, t he Kennedy estate is incorporated in Fuji, cheating the United States Government out of millions of tax dollars.

[NDXUFan]

First, the pushing of individuals who were mentally ill was done during the reign of your pals, the Democrats. My mom was a Psych RN when it happened. I would hope you would get your facts straight. You might want to go into how your good friend Bill Clinton sold our latest military technology to Communist China. As stated by Jesus, "the poor will always be among you." So, why does your buddy Obama not get these people off the streets???

[eezzeemon]

Tarted a bogus war in granada after the unarmed marines in lebanon he had sent were killed by a suicide bobmer. Financed unauthorized guerrilla war in central america with profits of cocaine smuggled into the u.s. By the c.I.a. Hmmm. Emtied thousands of mentally ill patients onto the streets by closin sanitariums.wHat a guy.he truly is what right wing reps down to the bone. No wonder he's their hero. Hed be mine too, if I were a rep.

[RockyBalboa211]

@eezzeemon: The war in granada was needed!

[vgcq02]

I didn't know Reagan was a crook. The god of the republicans (Reagan) was a corrupt politician that sold weapons to Iran.

[derekxnl]

@vgcq02 The modern day Republican party is full of hypocrites.

[suffern63]

@vgcq02 I find it amazing that a 27 year old American doesn't know this part of their history

[vgcq02]

@suffern63 all I hear is worship to Reagan (from GOP), they forgot he committed treason. 

[whoo689]

Wow! I never heard of this. They actually put Reagan on trial for Iran-Contra?? All I had heard is that he denied any involvement or even knowing it was going on. Didn't realize they actually had him show up in a courtroom. Did Reagan even get charged with a crime, though? Or did he just get off scot-free?

If only the Democrats in 2006 would've had the balls to do this to Bush for Iraq.

[whoo689]

@whoo689 Oh... This happened in 1990, over a year after he left office?? WTF? Why didn't the Dem majority in Congress put him on trial LONG BEFORE 1990, when he was actually in power? At least if they had tried him during his presidency, it would've sent a strong message to future presidents who abuse their power or don't keep a watchful eye on their executive branches.

[shocker147]

@whoo689 ...he wasn't "on trial"; the Admiral was.

[Tonyo1221]

The only difference between him and Nixon is that Nixon had himself taped being a crook. Clever Regan didn't keep tapes,

[ihateyoujerkoff]

@Tonyo1221 You will fry in hell for your comments.

[Tonyo1221]

@ihateyoujerkoff lighten up man - politican's are no angel's - and somebody authorised those arms shipments to the contra's to have the hostages freed!

[shocker147]

@Tonyo1221 Tapes were not kept after the Nixon administration. Not during Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush. Could you imagine them being able to sequester tapes from the day Clinton received oral sex in the Oval Office and released them for the public to listen to?

[Nadatin]

pooh pooh, get over it, President Ronald Reagan....American man with character...who would you like to compare him with, Michael Moore, Al Franken, Barack Obama? LOL.

[Blaise7675]

Reagan should have been impeached, but wasn't because he confessed to the crime and asked for forgiveness from the American people in a speech Google the Tower Board Report. Bush 43, on the other makes no apologies to us about invading and occupying Iraq based on false "sexed up" information. Google the Downing Street memo Yet the country is satisfied to let W and his criminal gang live a peaceful retirement. I guess we are doomed to repeat the same mistake in the future. May God help us

[shocker147]

@Blaise7675 All the members of Congress who voted in favor of authorizing the war had access to the very same information that George W. Bush did. Also, research "The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998" signed into law by Bill Clinton.

[ciccone39]

@shocker147 No they didn't. On Oct 1 2002 Bush received a classified national intelligence estimate report that was 60-80 pages. This document contained a consensus from sixteen intelligence agencies including the CIA that Iraq was not an imminent threat to the US and also included many dissent's contradicting Bush's claims of WMD's. A few days later congress was given a 5-6 page edited version where all of those dissent's and the consensus were deleted. Bush is a liar and a war criminal.

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Reagan knew how to demostrate integrity and bravery.

[IranContraScumDid911]

He admits the whole Iran Contra Affair was done at his behest .......